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Pontfaen, Possible Garden Features By Ffrwd Cynon, Cellan

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NPRN309422
Map ReferenceSN64NW
Grid ReferenceSN6081649359
Unitary (Local) AuthorityCeredigion
Old CountyCardiganshire
CommunityLlanfair Clydogau
Type Of SiteWALK
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
1. A strip of steeply sloping ground set above the western bank of Ffrwd Cynon, extending about 100m north-south, depicted as waste on the 1842 Tithe Map, is shown as an enclosed mixed coniferous-deciduous wood on the OS County series (Cardigan XXXIV.10 1888): within this area a terraced pathway can be traced for about 36m, descending from the field on the west & north & climbing to aviod steep slopes, before disappearing in a briar patch.
Original planting is apparently represented by single examples of a spruce, a beech & a scots pine: possible conifer stumps can also be observed; alder & hazel may represent 'farmland trees', although holly, represented only by juvenile specimins, may have been a deliberate introduction.
These features may be connected with the garden & plantings associated with Pontfaen House (Nprn307626), about 150m to the south.

Part of:
Pontfaen core holding (Nprn307450).

J.Wiles 10.11.03

2. This garden is depicted on the Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25-inch map of Cardiganshire XXXIV, sheet 10 (1905). C.H. Nicholas, RCAHMW, 11th august 2006.